Video: Jack Black on playing a killer in his new film Bernie

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Jack Black talks to The Times about his new film Bernie. Based
on a true story, it is a black comedy told with a poker-straight face. It
shows the warped relationship between Bernie Tiede, a much-loved smalltown
Texas undertaker (Black) and the wealthy, abusive Helena Nugent (Shirley
MacLaine). The two of them traveled the world together, spending her fortune
on lavish getaways, airplanes and even scholarships for the poor.

So what led him to murder her? The town rushes, warmly and perversely, to his
defence - with only the local district attorney (Matthew McConaughey)
remaining unsympathetic to Bernie’s cause.